Writing Put to the Test
Teaching for the High Stakes Essay
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Book Description
This book helps educators improve students’ ability to write clear, coherent essays in response to on-demand writing prompts. While it focuses on students’ abilities to succeed at on-demand writing, it also promotes the teaching of writing as an expression of art and self. For grades 4 -12, it provides examples of responses to narrative and persuasive prompts, and provides savvy advice about what scorers look for.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction On-Demand Writing
Writing Instruction in the Age of Testing
Resistance
Using the Test Itself as a Teaching Tool
Teaching Writing Through Rhetorical Modes
The Narrative Prompt
The Persuasive Prompt
Assistive Intervention That Works to Improve Writing
Problem Solvers
From Speech to Writing
Language and Error